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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Jar and Cover

1923 (made)
Artist/Maker

An earthenware jar with a cover. The decoration is cut through a white slip under an amber glaze.
Decoration: Birds and clouds


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jar Body
  • Jar Cover
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, decoration cut through a white slip under an amber glaze
Physical description
An earthenware jar with a cover. The decoration is cut through a white slip under an amber glaze.
Decoration: Birds and clouds
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.8cm
  • Diameter: 14.7cm
  • Weight: 1.07kg
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BL' (Makers's mark; impressed)
  • 'SL' (Makers's mark; impressing)
Credit line
Given by the Secretary of the British Institute of Industrial Art
Object history
Acquisition details: given by the BIIA (gift of the potter in 1923)
OW's Notes: JAPAN (1980)
The design is cut through a overlying layer of white clay slip to...
Production
Pottery: Leach Pottery, St Ives
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
C.405&A-1934

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Record createdFebruary 5, 1998
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